Cuff-holder



(No Model.)

B. O. TOWNSEND. CUFF HOLDER.

No. 421,637. Patented Feb. 18, 1890.

Fig.1. F1 2.

INVENTEIR:

W I N E s S E s UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELI O. TOWNSEND, OF NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE:HALF TO EDWARD W. VANDERBILT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 421,637, dated February 18, 1890.

Application filed October 31, 1889- Serial No. 328,818. (No model.)

- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELI O. ToWNsEND, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cuff-Holders, of which the fol.- lowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the same, in which similar letters refer to similar parts.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and efficient cuff-holder. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Whl0ll Figure 1 is a perspective of my invention. Fig. 2 is the device in combination with a safety-pin. Fig. 3 shows the cuff E and the manner of its adjustment to thelining of the coat-sleeve F.

The cuff-holder is made from asingle piece of wire of suitable length and thickness, bent at the center to form a flexible loop of (preferably) acorn shape, contracted at the bottom to form a shoulder. The loop, being bent flatwise toward the ends of the wire, forms a spring-hook to engage the cuff at the buttonhole and retain it in place, each end of the I wire terminating in an eye to facilitate attaching the holder to the clothing by thread or pin.

Letter A refers to the conical loop of the spring-hook, which adapts itself to the width of the button-hole in adjusting the cuff.

Letter B refers to the contraction or shoulder near the bottom of the hook, Where the cuff rests when in place.

Letter 0 refers to the eyes, through which attachment of the cuff-holder is made.

WhatI claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A detachable cuff-holder consisting of a hooked loop of acorn shape, flexible, self-adjusting to the width of the button-hole, and formed froma single piece of wire with arms provided with eyeleted ends, in combination with a safety-pin to facilitate attaching to the lining of the coat-sleeve, substantially as and for the purpose set forth and described.

ELI O. TOWNSEND.

Witnesses:

I-I. HITOHOOCK, JOHN MCll/IAHON. 

